Replies

There is a professional guide that does handgun hunts for black bear in Washington state and Idaho. He has guided many police officers that wanted to hunt bear with their service guns. They have taken black bear with 9mm, .40 and .45, but the guide does not recommend less than .357 or 10mm. He carries a 44 mag as a backup.

If there were any commotion my other two dogs (Belgian Tervuren and Belgian Sheepdog) would be out the front door and into the fray with the Saint Bernard, giving me time to run into the house for the Mossberg 12 ga. that I keep loaded with Brenneke slugs for the first few rounds and 3-inch 00-buck after that. As it was, I called the Saint Bernard away from the bear and put her inside the house.